

Sound Toss
S-S-S-Sounds
Beginner
​Write out letters using paper or chalk. Make a letter sound and have your child toss a soft object (ping pong ball, crumpled paper, sponge, pillow) at the matching letter.
Tip: Use the letters in your child’s name.
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Intermediate
Write out letters using paper or chalk. Have your child toss a soft object at each sound you call out.
Tip: Use any letter in the alphabet. Talk about how some letters can make different sounds (eg. C sounds like /k/ in “cat” and like /s/ in “circle”).
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Experienced
Write out short letter combinations using paper or chalk. Have your child toss a soft object at the letter combination that matches the sound you call out.
Tip: Use letter combinations like: th, sh, ph, and ch.
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Why is this important?
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Learning the sounds that individual letters make helps children develop their reading skills.
Looking for more information?
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Check out our Letter Sounds resource to reference throughout the activity!
Reference: Campana, K. & Dresang, E. T. (2012). Bridging the early literacy gulf. Proceedings of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, 48(1), 104.doi.org/10.1002/meet.2011.14504801134